# 2490 - 1993-95 29c Red Rose
29¢ Rose
City: Houston, TX
Quantity: 900,000,000
Printed By: Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut
Color: Multicolored
By any other name would smell as sweet.
Birth Of Margaret C. Smith
Smith’s great-grandfather had served in the War of 1812 and her grandfather served in the Civil War. She was the oldest of six children and began working at a local variety store when she was 12 years old. In high school, Smith was on the girls’ basketball team and worked as an operator at a telephone company. It was there that she met her future husband, Clyde Smith, who was 21 years her senior.
After high school Smith worked a variety of jobs. She taught, coached a basketball team, and worked for the telephone company and a newspaper. She also joined and co-founded some women’s organizations. When Smith’s husband was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1936, she joined him in Washington. There she worked as his secretary, managing his office, helping to write his speeches, and more.
During her later years in office, Smith supported the Vietnam War and was a member of the Senate Aeronautical and Space Committee. One NASA official said that the US wouldn’t have placed a man on the moon if it hadn’t been for Smith. She also voted for the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Until 1981, she held a Senate record of 2,941 consecutive roll call votes. She lost her only election in 1972, after which she worked as a teacher at several colleges. Smith received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. She died on May 29, 1995.
29¢ Rose
City: Houston, TX
Quantity: 900,000,000
Printed By: Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut
Color: Multicolored
By any other name would smell as sweet.
Birth Of Margaret C. Smith
Smith’s great-grandfather had served in the War of 1812 and her grandfather served in the Civil War. She was the oldest of six children and began working at a local variety store when she was 12 years old. In high school, Smith was on the girls’ basketball team and worked as an operator at a telephone company. It was there that she met her future husband, Clyde Smith, who was 21 years her senior.
After high school Smith worked a variety of jobs. She taught, coached a basketball team, and worked for the telephone company and a newspaper. She also joined and co-founded some women’s organizations. When Smith’s husband was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1936, she joined him in Washington. There she worked as his secretary, managing his office, helping to write his speeches, and more.
During her later years in office, Smith supported the Vietnam War and was a member of the Senate Aeronautical and Space Committee. One NASA official said that the US wouldn’t have placed a man on the moon if it hadn’t been for Smith. She also voted for the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Until 1981, she held a Senate record of 2,941 consecutive roll call votes. She lost her only election in 1972, after which she worked as a teacher at several colleges. Smith received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. She died on May 29, 1995.